Exploitable results Added value services for European rail network Eurnex has been founded as an association in line with German law at the TSB-FAV premises in Berlin. As a consequence the objective of creating a durable, integrated network of excellence in rail research, technology innovation and knowledge management has been attained, and the Eurnex Network of Excellence comprises some 70 scientific institutes in the area of transport with particular expertise in rail research all over Europe. As direct docking points to the research customers, the international associations UIC, UNIFE and UITP are also members of Eurnex and integrated in the Advisory Board. With Eurnex, the integration of the excellent European rail researchers has been achieved and Eurnex becomes more and more visible in the top rail research on international level. This includes as well the launch and the further development of Eurnex Scientific Poles of Excellence, which provide the involved and committed Eurnex scientists with a number of opportunities: - internationalisation through establishing new and trusting partnerships with colleagues from other countries, thus complementing the own capabilities to improve the "individual scientific competitiveness"; -improving the knowledge about the specific challenges and future issues of the rail system in other countries (an important contribution to enhance the understanding of the European dimension for the future rail system); - learning more and discussing about the future issues and the project approaches to cope with these challenges through the direct dialogue with industry's and operator's representatives in the Poles; - initiating and developing R&D projects on European scale within in the Poles and with cross-pole multidisciplinary cooperation. Under the Eurnex umbrella a set of decentralised corporate services have been defined and further developed: - Eurnex EURail, the virtual rail university (first step: post graduate training, incl. short training courses); - rail knowledge library within the Eurnex KMS (knowledge management system) to preserve and to improve the integrated knowledge on the rail system for all stakeholders; - neutral support for harmonised product qualification methods, railway testing and simulation; i.e. to support the European Rail Agency (ERA); - gender equality promoting activities to skill women for leading positions in rail research, and launch of the mentor-trainee programme; - Eurnex management, business and acquisition support by secretary general, and definition, precision and prioritisation of service items by the network members. These corporate services are dedicated to provide added value to the members of Eurnex, but also for the European rail sector as a whole. The corporate services are important to improve the position, standing and integrated competence of the Eurnex scientific community to be world class player as well as being visible to the industrial and political decision makers by integrating the European research area for the rail system. Eurnex can contribute to improve the competitiveness and economic stability of the railway sector and industry, as well as promoting the railway contribution to a sustainable transport policy. Searching for OpenAIRE data... There was an error trying to search data from OpenAIRE No results available
